Hoffman had emerged, Apo (Randy Ross) was joining him, Heaps looked on the rise and began fall camp on fire (began being the key word), all kinds of talk from the team about wanting to make a statement, everybody claiming (like every year) that they were working their yewts off, Bronco saying it was his most prepared team, the media chiming in saying this could be a best ever team, Doman talking about less ticks and a lot more booms; Yeah, I drank a ton of kool-aide that year.


That said, '09 FSU has been my vaccine against too much disappointment in BYU football. I can now survive a lot more kool-aide than I used to.